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Where does “idirbhalla” come from?

idirbhalla (Irish) comes from Irish idir-, from Irish idir, from Old Irish eter, from Proto-Celtic enter, from Proto-Indo-European h₁entér, from Proto-Indo-European h₁en — in; in, inside.

idirbhalla (Irish): party wall

Definitions

  1. party wall

Ancestry of “idirbhalla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishidir-inter-, mid-
2Irishidirbetween; both; partly...partly..., half...half..
3Old Irisheterbetween, among
4Proto-Celticenterbetween
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁entérbetween
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁enin; in, inside
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